Partner Richard M. Betheil, a member of Pryor Cashman’s Labor and Employment Group, was quoted in The New York Times on Sunday, October 24, 2010, in its article “Career Couch – Does That Request Pass the Smell Test?”

When asked what kind of consequences a whistle-blower risks by voicing his or her objections, Betheil responded that, generally, there are broad legal protections for internal whistle-blowers, but those protections can vary by state and by industry. In some states, employees are protected if what they were asked to do is illegal, but not necessarily if it is unethical. However, as Betheil told The New York Times, “across the board, an employer that would take retaliatory action against an employee for whistle-blowing runs afoul of laws in many states and will open itself to a tremendous amount of adverse investigation and publicity.”

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